Calvin College

Favorite (and other) Sites compiled by
Randall J Pruim
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Calvin College

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• Information on how to contact me, and
• Fine Print.

Undergradutate Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

My Course Web Pages

Some of the older ones are no longer maintained, but you can find a list of many courses for which I made web pages. In addition, for some subjects I have made organized lists of web resources.

Other Course Web Pages:

| Ten Powerful Ideas -- and applications (a.k.a. "How to think like a Computer Scientist"; this is the course web page for Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon, Spring 1998) |

Other Teaching Resources:

| STATS 99 | The Mathematics Archives | ACM Ironman Report on CS Curriculum | Emerging Scholars Calculus Workshop Materials/Info | Peer Instruction in Large Lectures ( Eric Mazur--Harvard Physics) | Euclid's Elements (with JAVA diagrams) | Math Quotes Server | Math in the Movies |

Math and CS at Calvin College:

| Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Department of Computer Science | Abstraction (Calvin's Computer Science Club) | CLUG (Calvin Linux Users' Group) | EVaL (Educational Verification and Learning) |

Events:

| Mathematical Contest in Modeling ( 2000 problems, 2001 problems) | Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference | Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference |

Publishers:

| Addison-Wesley | McGraw-Hill Higer Edu | Prentice Hall | Seven Bridges Press | Springer Web site | Springer FTP site | PWS |

Announcements for Conferences, Colloquia, etc

| Depaul University Theory Seminar | University of Chicago Computer Science Colloquium |

Logic and Theoretical Computer Science Sites:

| ECCC: (The Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity) | Stas Busygin's NP-completeness Page | Dennis's (computer science) Theory Page | CS Theory Links | DIMACS | Problems in Finite Model Theory | Paderborn Theory Group (Papers, notes, etc.) | Steve Seiden's Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet (compressed postscript) | Paramaterized Complexity Theory | FOM: Steve Simpson's Foundation of Mathematics stuff |

Conferences, Meetings, Workshops:

|Upcoming IEEE Conferences | IEEE Computational Complexity Conference (Home page) | Computational Complexity 2000 (web site, brochure) | CS Technical Reports Library |

People:

| Steve Fenner, | Lance Fortnow | Joan Hart | Steve Homer | Pekka Orponen |

Magazines, Journals, Articles:

| XXX physics e-prints | Search UnCover database for articles on almost anything (also: UnCover Home Page) | electronic Mathematics Journal for Undergraduates | ECCC: (The Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity) | Alan Sokal's article in Social Text (and related stuff) |

Books:

| Bach/Shallit: Algorithmic Number Theory |

Reports:

| Strategic Directions in Theory of Computation (ACM) |

Topics in Mathematics and Computer Science

The 3n+1 Problem (regarding a class of recursively defined sequences with interesting and not completely understood behavior).

| A Worksheet to introduce you to the problem | Generate 3n+1 sequences on the web (in several bases) | On the 3x+1 Problem by Eric Rosendaal |

Lists of Sites:

| WWW virtual library: Mathematics | WWW virtual library: Computing | CMU Computer Science Resources |

Organizations:

| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) [SIGACT -- Special Interest Group in Algorithms and Computation Theory | AMS (American Mathematical Society) | IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) | MAA (Mathematical Association of America) | SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) | Project NExT | Young Mathematicians Network | ACM (Association for Computing Machines) | Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (CoMAp) |

People:

| Joan Hart | Doug Lea | Tom Scofield | J. Daniel Smith |

WWW Resources

WWW Searching:

| Google | Lycos | Alta Vista | InfoSeek | DejaNews | WhoWhere | Switchboard | GNN Select |

WWW Starting points:

| W3 | GNN | Yahoo | c|net online | StartingPoint | Huge List | Computer and Communication Companies | EINet | WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalogue | NPAC Oracle 7 Database Server | DTP Jumplist

HTML / Brousers:

| Blatte -- the Better LAnguage for Transforming TExt | Introduction to HTML documentation | Chimera | WWW Viewer Test Page | iDocs Guide to HTML | Learning HTML by Example | How do they do that with HTML? | Bare Bones Guide to HTML | Tips for Writers and Designers | Advanced HTML | Cascading Style Sheets Quick Reference | Style Sheet Validator | W3C (WWW Consortium) | HTML Validator | HTML Tidy (cleans up sloppy html) | CGI 101 Tutorial | CGI Resource Index | CGI.pm library (perl) | Use Fore Site (good source of tutorials) | Big Nose Bird (another good source of tutorials) | Animated GIFS from Harry the Cat |

Apache:

| Introductory article at Web Developer's Journal |

General Reference:

| OneLook Dictionaries | Latin-English Dictionary | Web Radio | Electric Library | Global Encyclopedia | W ebster Dictionary | Britannica | GNN:Education | Hackers Dictionary | 800 numbers |

Travel Planning:

| Maps on Us | National Weather Service: Interactive Weather Information Network | Travelocity | Airlines | CheapTickets.com | Hotels | How far is it? | GNN Travelers' Center | Currency Converter |

Camping:

| GORP (Great Outdoor Recreation Pages) | Reserve America (reservations for state parks in several states) | The Camping Source | National Park Service | L.L. Bean Park Search | Adirondak Mountain Club |

Grand Rapids:

| GreaterGR.com | GRATA(Grand Rapids TRansit Authority -- the bus system) | Grand Rapids Public Library (search the catalog) | WOOD TV 8 (including weather info, and school closings) | Old Kent Bank | FAA Airport Weather Info | Grand Rapids Map | Malecki Music | Christian Reformed Chruch in North America |

News Media, etc:

| ABC News | National Public Radio | New York Times (special series on race in the US)

Taxes:

| Federal | Rhode Island | Michigan |

Music:

| CyberHymnal |

Languages/Translators

| Latin - English online translator (Other languages avalable, too) | Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid from Notre Dame | Travlang's Translators has LOTS of translators (need an Esparanto-German translator, anyone?) |

Scrabble:

| Skrabble (free program written in Java to play over internet) | Net Scrabble | Crossword Games DOoM | DOoM FAQ for Generic Crossword Games on the Internet. | MUD clients list | San Jose Scrabble Club No. 21, a source of information including several useful word lists |

My scrabble word lists:

|2-3 hooks |short c words |short j words |short q words |short v words |short z words |q words without 'qu' |OSPD 3 (scrabble word list, includes OSPD2 words removed from OSPD3, 548 Kbytes, not entirely up to date with subsequent changes in the official scrabble word list) |

Sports:

| ESPN SportsZone | CNN/Sports Illustrated | USA Today | RDB 2 |

Useful Around the House:

| Stain removal (clothes, carpets and rugs) |

Other:

| Sommerschule Wust | Foodora |

Places to look for software:

| download.com |

TeX

| TUG: TeX Users Group | EmTeX | EmtexGI (GI=graphical interface) | MikTeX | Using Vim with TeX (especially MiKTeX) |

Email:

| Mutt (you are using it, aren't you?) | Sven Guckes' Mutt page |

Linux (general):

| linuxdoc.org | CLUG (Calvin Linux Users' Group) | Linux HowTo's [ Laptop HowTo ]

Linux source code: | Tony's Source Archive [addpath is especially handy] |

Linux/Unix Utilities

| CVS How-to (CVS = concurrent version system) |

Text Editors:

| The Vi Editor and its clones | Vi Lovers Home Page | VIM (Vi IMproved) Home Page | US Vim Home Page | More Vim info (from linuxdoc.org) | Vim Tutorial (from linuxdoc.org) | lesstif.org (if you need a motif clone for using vim on unix machines) |

Computer Algebra Systems:

| Saaz Mathematica Tutorial from Los Alamos National Lab | Saaz Maple Tutorial from Los Alamos National Lab |

Games:

| Kye |

Java:

Reference, Lists, etc:

| Java API Documentation (at JavaSoft) | Gamelan | Digital Espresso | JavaWorld | Java Books | Gilder - Software shift | Tutorial | Virtual Rendezvous | VPRO | FAQ | Another FAQ | brief Java Tutorial | AWT Tutorial | Dr. Java | Thingtone's Java Workshop | Layout tutorial | real-time Java | Glasgow Persistent Java | Mailing-lists Search

Individual Applets/Programs of Interest:

| Conrad Lotze's list of interactive mathematics web pages | Euclid's Elements (with JAVA diagrams) | Skrabble | Subset Constructor for NFAs (by David Martin) | Instant Sports | Set Solitaire (my first applet; not completely finished, but usable) |

C:

| libraries for The Art and Science of C by Eric Roberts | CS Education at Stanford University |

Unix:

| HENSA (unix archive) | Linux Home Page | Linux | TeX Resources | Freeware Central

PCs:

| DriverGuide.com (Search for device drivers) | CSUSM Windows World | OAK Repository |

Local Technical Information

Merit (Dial-in Service):

| US phone numbers | Dial-in Instructions for out-of-town connections |

Authenticator

XWinPro

| How I set it up at Calvin |

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Fine Print

• Acknowledgements: Most web pages I suppose are indebted to other web pages, since it is so easy to copy the format and/or content from other pages. I would like to acknowledge Doug Lea from whose home page I copied many of the links which apeared on the first version of this page. (most of the WWW Resources and computer tech links). He has many more on his page, so check it out, too.
• Construction: This page is under perpetual construction and may change somewhat eventually.
  • This page is under construction, but I doubt it will actually change radically and depending on how busy I am, it may not even change soon. It's sort of like an old house. When I have time and am in the mood I fix something up or make a few improvements. Mostly, I just add on new links as I find out about them.
• My Disclaimer about Content: Provided on this page are links to other pages. As pages are changing constantly, I do not guarantee the quality, descriptions or existence of any of the pages listed here. (But if you find a broken link, let me know so I can fix it or delete it.)
• Calvin College's Disclaimer:

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Page created: Jan 7 1998
Last modified: Monday, 05-Jan-2004 13:27:13 EST Fri Aug 13 11:29:27 1999

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